GroveOS

GroveOS is an open-source, hobby Operating System built from the ground up in rust for fun

What is GroveOS?

GroveOS is a small, modular kernel and operating system written in Rust. It's built with a focus on:

• Clean architecture
• Extensibility through dynamically loaded modules
• Full control over low-level memory and system features

This project is not intended to be production-ready. It's a playground for experimentation with low-level system development!

Features (Planned)

While GroveOS is still in early development, here's the planned roadmap:

• Full Virtual Memory Management System
• Modular design with dynamically loaded modules
• Custom heap implementation
• Filesystem operations
• User programs
• Built-in shell
• Custom libc implementation

Current Status

GroveOS is in early development.

However, the main branch mostly has working code that:

• Builds without errors
• Will boot successfully in QEMU (but does pretty much nothing as of now)

How to Build

Prerequisites

• Rust (with nightly toolchain)
• QEMU

Build the Project

git clone https://github.com/MSKatKing/GroveOS.git
cd groveos
cargo build-os # Builds the project and outputs the result in ./esp. Image file support coming soon...
cargo run-os # Builds and runs the project with QEMU

Sources

Most, if not all, of the documentation and information used to create this project was found on the OSDev wiki. Huge shoutout to the wonderful contributors to that project! This project truly would not exist without them.

How to Contribute

Coming soon...

For now, if you want to suggest a feature be added just create an issue and describe your idea there!